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Spatial and temporal variations in parasite prevalence and infracommunity structure in herring (Clupea harengus L.) caught to the west of the British Isles and in the North and Baltic Seas: implications for fisheries science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2007

Neil Campbell ,
Marcus A. Cross ,
James C. Chubb ,
Carey O. Cunningham ,
Emma M. C. Hatfield  and
Ken MacKenzie
Neil Campbell*
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences (Zoology), The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK: FRS Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101, 375 Victoria Road, AberdeenAB11 9DB, UK
Marcus A. Cross
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7BZ, UK:
James C. Chubb
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7BZ, UK:
Carey O. Cunningham
Affiliation:
FRS Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101, 375 Victoria Road, AberdeenAB11 9DB, UK
Emma M. C. Hatfield
Affiliation:
FRS Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101, 375 Victoria Road, AberdeenAB11 9DB, UK
Ken MacKenzie
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences (Zoology), The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK:
*
*E-mail: N.Campbell@marlab.ac.uk
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Abstract

Herring Clupea harengus L. viscera were examined for endoparasitic infections as part of a multidisciplinary stock identification project (WESTHER, EU Contract no. Q5RS-2002-01 056) which applied a range of stock discrimination techniques to the same individual fishes to obtain comparable results for multivariate analysis. Spawning and non-spawning adults, and juvenile herring were caught, over 3 years, by commercial and research vessels from numerous locations to the west of the UK and Ireland, along with control samples of spawning fish from the eastern Baltic Sea, and juveniles from sites in the eastern and western North Sea, and the north of Norway. The metacercariae of two renicolid digeneans (Cercaria pythionike and Cercaria doricha), one larval nematode (Anisakis simplex s.s.) and one larval cestode (Lacistorhynchus tenuis) were selected as tag species. Results were compared with those from herring collected between 1973 and 1982, which suggested remarkable stability in the parasite fauna of herring in the study area. These species were used to compare the parasite infracommunities of spawning herring. A significant variation in infracommunity structure was observed between different spawning grounds. These results suggest that the parasite fauna of herring are spatially variable but remain temporally stable in both the short and long term. Significant differences in prevalence and abundance of infections and comparisons of parasite infracommunity enabled the separation of putative herring stocks west of the British Isles. Distinctive patterns of parasite infection in two different spawning groups off the north coast of Scotland suggest that this area is occupied by two spawning populations, one recruiting from the west of Scotland, the other from outside this area, and most likely from the eastern North Sea. The distribution patterns of L. tenuis, C. doricha and C. pythionike suggest the potential for fish that spawn in three distinct International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) management units to be present in mixed aggregations found over the Malin Shelf, with significant implications for management in this area.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 81 , Issue 2: Special Issue , June 2007 , pp. 137 - 146
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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